We’ve been used to crazy tech accounting for decades and Uber and Lyft have recently upheld that tradition. Here’s another of that ilk – WeWork – or, as it has recently taken to calling itself: We.  In 2018, We lost $1.9 billion on revenues of $1.8 billion. We has raised funding of $12.8 billion with …

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Nexperia is claiming to have squeezed a 40V mosfet with 0.7mΩ Rds(on) into 8 x 8mm, using its LFPAK88 package and its latest (Trench9) silicon – intending to displace D²PAK and D²PAK-7 devices – saving 60% of footprint and with a 64% lower profile. “Unlike packages where performance is often limited by internal bond wires, …

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Cree says it will invest up to $1 billion in the expansion of its silicon carbide capacity with the development of a state-of-the-art, automated 200mm silicon carbide fabrication facility and a materials mega factory at its U.S. campus headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. It marks the company’s largest investment to date in fueling its Wolfspeed …

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Thanks to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for this one – the universities which applied for the most WIPO patents in 2018: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MIT HARVARD UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANYANG UNIVERSITY LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SHENZHEN …

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Dedicated meters and add-on subsystems for smartphones can provide lighting designers and specifiers with a convenient means of evaluating flicker in the field, but the effectiveness of the available test and measurement products varies significantly.

SSL sector earnings reports continue to indicate a troubled near-term outlook while intellectual property actions are being filed against major players in the LED and lighting world.

Infineon has launched its MERUS brand, uniting the existing portfolio of multi-chip modules and discrete audio products under one umbrella. The brand will spearhead the belief that the best audio amplifier ICs: produce sound in the speakers, not heat to the surroundings – are to be heard, but not seen – are smaller and lighter, …

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Amazon is now super-profitable after years of  keeping profits low and re-investing returns to grow the business. In Q1 it made a profit of $3.6 billion on sales of  nearly $60 billion.   Some of the divisions, like AWS at 41%, are growing  like weeds.

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In July, u-blox  will sample a high precision multi-band GNSS module with built-in inertial sensors. The module combines the latest generation of GNSS receiver technology, signal processing algorithms, and correction services to deliver down to decimeter-level accuracy within seconds, addressing the evolving needs of ADAS and automated driving markets. The ZED-F9K high precision dead reckoning …

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Wibotic and GaN Systems are combining on high power wireless charging for autonomous robots. The partnership aims to deliver the power levels and increased antenna range that both drones and robots demand. The partnership advances capabilities of mobile industrial robots, freeing them from limitations imposed by current restricted charging methods that allow for continuous operation. …

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